Question

about mission bhagiratha in english

Answer 1

On 7 August 2016, Prime Minister Modi launched the Rs 42,000 crore piped drinking water project – ‘Mission Bhagiratha’, at Komatibanda village of Gajwel constituency, which is part of Medak district in Telangana. A dream project of Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao, the ambitious piped drinking water supply project will cater to the drinking water needs of 67,000 urban households and 25,000 rural households in the Gajwel assembly constituency. The Prime Minister also laid foundation stone for the 152 km Kothapalli-Manoharabad railway line that will connect Hyderabad with Karimnagar, thus fulfilling a major demand of the local people in the region. Giving a boost to medical infrastructure in the state, PM Modi laid the foundation stone for the Kaloji Narayana Rao University of Health Sciences in Warangal. Speaking on his maiden visit after Telangana was formed in 2014, PM Modi was all praise for the KCR-led government when he spoke of the state government’s achievements in the last two years. This massive drinking water supply project was desperately needed for a state that has been a victim of erratic monsoon and poor infrastructure in harnessing rainwater. Mission Bhagiratha is slated to be completed in 2018, by when a large part of the state will be get not just piped drinking water but also water to meet the industrial and agricultural needs. The youngest state in India is blessed with two perennial rivers – Godavari and Krishna. The state however, has suffered from erratic monsoons that has resulted in drought-like situations in large parts of the state. Compounding the problem, around 973 villages have been dealing with contaminated ground water due to presence of high fluoride content. As a result, people have suffered from resulting diseases like fluorosis.

Answer 2

The Government of Telangana under the Chief Minister, K. Chandrashekar Rao, initiated a project called Mission Bhagiratha to provide safe drinking water to the household of city and village with ₹43,791 crores budget. The main water sources to complete this grand project were the River Godavari and River Krishna. The aim is to provide 150 liters of safe drinking water per person in the urban areas, and a 100 liters per person in rural areas. Therefore, the government of Telangana established Telangana Drinking Water Supply Corporation to implement this mission.